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VeriSign plans to significantly increase the number of DNS servers it operates, a move that it says will make a key part of the Internet's infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks.
One of the 13 key servers that let people get around on the Internet was moved this week due to security concerns, said VeriSign, the company that runs the machine.
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